Sweatband for hats



J. w. BARTLE ET AL;

Jan. 30, 1923. 1,443,862

SWEATBAND FOR HATS. FILED JULY 13, 1921.

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JAMES WALKER BARTLE AND SEEM ROBERTS, 0F STOCKPORT, ENGLAND, ASSIGNORS 'lI'O THE HAT MANUFACTURERS SUPPLY ENGLAND, A COMPANY OF GREAT BRITAIN.

COMIPANY LIMITED, OF STOCKPORT,

SVTEATBAND FOR HATS.-

Application filed July 13, 1921. Serial No. 484,487.

To all "whom 272 may concern-f Be it known that we, JAMES l VALKER'BAR- rLn and SEEM Ronnnrs, both British subjects, residing both at Stockport, county of Chester, rlngland, have invented certain'new and useful Improvements in Sweatbands for Hats, of which the following is a specificatlon.

This invention relates to sweat bands for hats, in which a tape with an openwork or perforated edge is stitched to the leather by which the latter is affixed to the hat, and when in position provides a series of perforations around the .rim of the hat permittlng of ventilation.

Such tape has been formed by weaving or hemstitching separate or apart from the leather as one operation and stitched to the hat as another operation.

This invention is designed to eliminate one of these operations, and consists in forming the openwork holes or perforations in the tape and stitching it to the edge of the leather at one and the same operation by hemstitching, the binding stitches at one side of the perforations in the tape passing through the leather or band, performing the double function of binding the hem stitched perforations and afiixing the tape to the leather.

The invention will be fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 is a side view of part of leather and perforated tape.

Fig. 2 is a transverse section of same.

Fig. 3 is a side view drawn to an enlarged or exaggerated size.

Fig. 4 is a transverse section of Fig. 3.

Figs. 5 and 6 are transverse sections showing the addition of a loop or hem fabric D, containing an elastic cord 0?.

The tape A is woven plain as in Fig. 1, or with fewer warp threads along its outer edge as in Fig. 3, and the sweat band B is an ordinary plain band of leather or other material.

The tape A and the leather or band B are fed and guided together into an ordinary hemstitch sewing machine with a plunger and two needles which work in the usual way, the edge a of the tape A extending or projecting for a short distance over or beyond the edge I) of the leather or'band B. The plunger of the sewing machine enters the leather band and die passes through both leather B and tape A, the stitch performing the double function of binding the edge of the perforations on the tape and attaching the tape to the leather.

In addition to the tape A av second fabric D forming a loop or hem for, and containing an elastic or other cord 03 may be stitched to the leather B at the same operation and by the same'stitches as attaches the tape A thereto. The loop or hem fabric D may be placed behind the tape A as in Fig. 5 or between the tape A. and leather B as in Fig. 6.

l/Vhat we claim as our invention and desire to protect by Letters Patent is 1. The process of manufacturing sweat bands for hats which are composed of a leather band and a strip of fabric with ventilating perforations intervening between the hat, consisting in laying a strip of fabric along and projecting over the edge of the leather band, simultaneously and at one operation separating, the threads of thefabric to form ventilatin perforations in the fabric, stitching the fabric to the leather, and with the same stitches grouping together the separated threads of the fabric and binding the edge of the fabric adjacent to the perforations.

2. A sweat band for hats comprising in combination a leather band, a strip of fabric extending along and projecting over one edge thereof, stitches serving to separate the threads of fabric and group them at intervals to form perforations, said stitches also penetrating the leather and fabric to secure them together, and serving to bind the fabric adjacent to the perforations.

3. A sweat band comprising a strip of leather having a strip of fabric attached thereto by stitches, said strip of fabric having threads loosely woven for a space adjacent the attaching edge, the attaching stitches serving to hold said threads in groups with intervening spaces and to bind the edge of the fabric adjacent to said spaces.

4. A sweat band comprising a strip of leather having a strip of fabric attached thereto by stitches, said strip of fabric haw apertures, other stitches onthe opposite side of said narrow region binding the other edge of the aperture and assisting in holding the threads in groups.

In testimony whereof We have hereunto set our hands in presence of two subscribing Witnesses, this 27 day of May 1921.

JAMES WALKER BARTLE.

I SHEM ROBERTS. W'itnesses:

J. OWDENOBRIEN,

Gno. H. .OBRiEN. 

